Friday, June 24, 2016

Alhamdulillah. All praise to Allah that allowed me to finished my sophomore year at Penn State. I have another 2 years to go. Ganbatte dear self. Last two semesters was really like a hell for me as i need to take Physics which is the hardest subject so far. I made a decision to take a break from that subject next sem. I hope i can focus on my major subject during Fall 16 sem.

I'm currently on summer break for 3 freakin months. what could be better than that huh. Just like last year, i'll be spending my whole summer break here at Malaysia tanah tumpah darahku. Lol. But a lil bit different cause i just had Euro trip with the other 3 Pikachu Gals. Don't ask me who are them. You might knew them if you're my follower on instagram. Haha. It was actually a last minute plan for me because i have no intention to go to Europe this year since i just started working during my third semester and i was worried if i had not enough money. At the first place, only Wani, Farah and Emy yang plan the trip. But I changed my mind after they persuade me that we will still have enough money to pay for our house rent and phone bill as long as we do not exceed some amount of limit.

It was quite huru-hara since everyone were so busy and did not have time to discuss for this travel thingy. As far as I remember, we planned the trip like about 3 weeks prior to the trip. Hence, there are a lot of places that we had to skip and we also had no chance to meet our friends in UK, just some of them because we tumpang tidur at their house.

Our flight from JFK, New York was on Sunday, May 5th 2016. We paid for shuttle service by Abg Khalil to send us to the airport. It took about 6 hours from JFK to Turkey and about 9 hours of transit before our next flight to London, UK. After a loooong flight, we finally arrived at Heathrow International Airport. It was actually my second time to LHR. My first time was 2 years ago, but it just a transit. Back to the story, Alif and Zurai which are Emy and Farah's classmates back in Intec greet us at the arrival hall. Thank God they were there to help us with our luggagessss. Hahaha. We took bus to Farahniza's house at Uxbrigde. They are Brunel University students btw. Thank you Farah for your hospitality!

To make it short, we started from London - Dublin, Ireland - Scotland - Manchester, UK - Paris - London with the total of 12 days if I'm not mistaken. I can call this trip a budget trip since we just stayed at our friends' house except at Paris. We had to stay at hotel since we know no one here. First, Dublin. It was not that bad i guess. We went to Glendalough Mountain and just jalan-jalan around Dublin City. The best part was we met a Malaysian at a restaurant. It happened when we were looking for a place to eat since we havent eat since morning. Suddenly, someone approached us and claimed that he is Malaysian and work at the restaurant. After finished eating, the cashier told us someone paid the bill for us. Yayy. Jimat duit den. :p

Then we took flight to Scotland. We stayed at Emy's cousin at Sterling. Her house is super nice and the neighbourhood also really conducive. I really love it! Some places that we visited are Edinburgh Castle, Falkirk Wheel and another castle which i forgot the name of it.

Next destination - Manchester! This city is the best! There are a bunch of halal restaurant here and the price is ok laa not that pricey. You can see a lot of Malaysian and also Pak Arab which sometimes makes me wonder am I in the UK or what? Lol. We also visited Manchester United Stadium and Liverpool Stadium. Idk why but we were really unfortunate because during our visit the game got cancelled because there was a bomb threat. We couldn't took a proper picture since ppl was rushing to leave the stadium.

Next is Paghiisss. Hahaha. I was really really excited to go to Paris. Hehehe. Took flight from Manchester Airport to Paris. The airport there is quite scary as there were a few soldier lingering around the airport with their M-16. A lot things happened when we were in Paris. We couldnt find our hotel because we dont have internet access. Thank God, there was a girl helped us. She even walk us till the hotel. After checked in, all of us were hungry af and tried to order some food. unfortunately, we couldnt get one since it is really late and almost all restaurants were already closed. We were sleeping hungry that day. Next day, we went around Paris city - Eifel Tower, Musee de Lourve, Notre Dame and others which i cant remember. lol

Last destination is London. The best thing about London is shopping! Especially, Primark because the price is really cheap. Rambang mata kauu. Other than that, we also visited Beg Ben, Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace and more.

This is so far the most tiring trip ever. Dengan jetlag nye lagi. Hence, we made a hashtag #tripjetlag for this trip on instagram. Apa pun, all praise to Allah because gave this opportunity to visit Europe. I'll make I will come back again with a lot of money so that i can shopping more. Haha

Sunday, February 28, 2016

It has been a long time since a wrote a post. So yeah here we go. I hope i can finish my post because i dont want to keep it in draft which means that it will never get posted. lol. So, today is Saturday which is my working day. Yayy to me because finally i can get out of my comfort zone. Hehe. I'm working for three days a week (Monday, Friday and Saturday) with a total of 13.9 hours. I already worked for about 3 weeks if im not mistaken and got my first salary last Friday. So excited u know. Hahaha.

Oh ya i forgot to tell u i'm working at West Dining Hall which located in the campus. I find working is not that bad. With bad i mean like tired, boring or what so ever related to it. I admit that i was sooooo tired on my first day of working but it gets better because i manage to adapt with the environment/messiness/hectic-ness especially at West Wing. West Wing is a place where you can place your order such as panini, cheese steak, sub etc on computer and we make it based on your preferences (types of meat, sauce, topping etc). I usually got to handle Hot area where there are fries, mozzarella stick, grilled chiken, chicken tender etc. It was fun actually because you can see like a lot of different people with different personalities.

Enough with my working life. Lets talk about my studies. I'm taking 19 credits hour this semester - Orgo Chem, Orgo lab, Inorganic, Physics, Arabic and Theater. Im struggling to finish this semester. Only God knows how hard it is and i can only pray to God to ease me throughout this semester. Living far from families is quite challenging. Usually, when i was at Intec and 5 years of boarding school, i will always went back to home at least once in a fortnight. A month is a maximum. Haha. What a clingy daughter i am. :p I miss everyone at Malaysia. Oh gosh can i just skip all classes and exams and fly to malaysia already? I wish.....

Last but not least, last winter me and my friends went to California-Nevada-Colorado. It was a great experience and im broke as hell. lol. Alhamdulillah for this opportunity. There are a lot of thing that i learnt throughout this journey. Firstly, patience. When you are on road, a lot of thing can happen especially when you travel with all girls which you know banyak emosi. Hahaha. So what ever happen just keep calm and embrace it. Secondly, i think to commit with prayers and all. Living in a non-islamic country is not easy. There is no mosque or surau available at gas station at Malaysia. We had to solat at tepi-tepi gas station, parking lot etc. And the hardest part is when you need to hold the wudu' till prayer time because you are too lazy to perform wudu' at the toilet sink. Lol.Allah said "Say, [O Muhammad], Travel through the land and observe how He began creation. Then Allah will produce the final creation. Indeed Allah , over all things, is competent." [29:20] May Allah bless this journey. Below are some pictures during our trip. Enjoy. :)

At Lombard Street, San Frans. As you can see the road is like ular kena palu.